Why is reducing recycling contamination so important?
  • Contamination costs you more in the end
    • The materials in your brown recycling container are taken to the sorting facility at the Waste Control Recycling Center, and ultimately to end-market recyclers. Placing garbage or other similar items into your recycling container will contaminate other recyclables and potentially entire loads of good, marketable material.
    • By reducing recycling contamination, we can save on sorting and processing costs, and receive more revenue from the sale of the recyclable materials. By reducing recycling contamination, we could potentially help offset future rate increases.

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1. What is recycling contamination?
2. Why is reducing recycling contamination so important?
3. Why can’t we put our recyclables in plastic bags?
4. What can I put in my brown recycling container?